Trips Pattaya

[GMAN2007]

What tow trips would your recommend for young men in late twenties. Hear the crocodile farm is meant to be good.

Only want two trips max? Apprecaite a response soon as going on holiday in two days.

Thanks

[philliphn]

Nong Noch Gardens. They also have two shows that got with the package.

[GMAN2007]

Any others m8, not sure, look nice.

[Mighty Mouse]

The crocodile farm is worth a visit.

If you hire a car for the day and drive to Bang Saen, it's a long scenic beach and there is monkey mountain, where hundreds of wild monkeys accept food from tourists. Great photo opportunities.

On the drive back to Pattaya you can call in to the open zoo.

A night on Koh Samet is also a good break away from Pattaya.

[Tyke]

The crocodile farm is worth a visit.

If you hire a car for the day and drive to Bang Saen, it's a long scenic beach and there is monkey mountain, where hundreds of wild monkeys accept food from tourists. Great photo opportunities.

On the drive back to Pattaya you can call in to the open zoo.

A night on Koh Samet is also a good break away from Pattaya.

Hi,

in my opinion, whatever u do DON'T visit and feed monkeys - they are often exploited if not transplanted to make money from tourists (I bet there are loads of tourist stalls around, right?). They are also highley dangerous and infective. DON'T ever touch or let your family go near them especially children as monkeys exploited in such a way don't take no for an answer. I've witnessed chunks bitten off unsuspecting tourists by mother monkeys when their babies have been stroaked. In any case monkeys fed on a western diet by tourists are no longer wild.

[bmanly]

Those monkeys near Bang Saen at Sam Muk Hill have been there for ages. I go up there regularly and buy food off the Thai locals to feed to them. The food the local vendors sell you to give to the monkeys consist of bananas, cucumbers and peanuts, all locally grown stuff. Yes they are cheeky, secure your valuables and try your utmost not to get bitten. Bang Saen is about 45 minutes out of Pattaya. Here's a photo of them getting into the bananas, a good day out.

[bmanly]

Here is another link to a previous thread regarding day trips out of Pattaya.

Click Here.

[pattayapete69]

If you are up for hiring a car, then Khao Keow Open Zoo is well worth a visit, it's about 45 mins to an hour drive, but you can get up close to some of the animals to feed them.

[EmCross]

I would also highly recommend Khao Keow Open Zoo it is really excellent and very good value for money, don't go to Sriracha Tiger Zoo it is really bad and expensive.

[britmaveric]

Elephant Jungle Trek was pretty good.

[johnong]

if you can, go to koh samet on a friday / saturday for a night or two... you might have to book, but you will see some much nicer beaches and it ca be a good night out too (not so much in the downtown pattaya way, but busy with some good bars).

Edited September 5, 2007 by johnong

[wilko]

Animal welfare in THailand leaves a lot to be desired-------an awful lot - Khao Kieaw Zoo is not too bad - however do NOT visit the Tiger zoo in Sri Racha is is an abomination.

the monkeys at Samuk are really just a mess - flee bitten disease ridden they fight it oput with the dogs for who gets the scraps

[Tyke]

Animal welfare in THailand leaves a lot to be desired-------an awful lot - Khao Kieaw Zoo is not too bad - however do NOT visit the Tiger zoo in Sri Racha is is an abomination.

the monkeys at Samuk are really just a mess - flee bitten disease ridden they fight it oput with the dogs for who gets the scraps

Well said, wilko. Personally I would avoid any tourist attraction where animals are exploited, especially in restricted areas in asia. Exceptions might be elephant camps, because there is nowhere left in the wild for elephants in Thailand and at least it keeps them off the streets of Bangkok. Not long ago the Chiang Mai night safari was tempting tourists by offering meals cooked from endangered exotic animals at a very high price. There is a lot of illegal import and export of going on with poached wild animals in Thai zoos and I doubt they do anything for propagation or research into endangered species, one of the main benefits of zoos in the west. I think as tourists or residents, we have some duty to avoid things like this - otherwise they just open more and more of them. There are lots of other things to do here.

[mrbojangles]

Elephant Jungle Trek was pretty good.

Yep and the Sanctuary of Truth is worth a visit.

Edited September 7, 2007 by mrbojangles

[wilko]

But give the dolphins a miss

[bangkapiboy]

100% take them to the Lakeland Cable Ski lake on Sukhumvit around Soi Chayapruk. They will love it.